Teachnet Ireland have been around for many years and is part of a global Teachnet network. Its aim is to explore how ICT can integrate into education. Teachers all over Ireland have created nearly 400 resources which are free to use.
Recently, Teachnet started a blog and podscast. I was lucky to be asked to speak on the 6th show, which was all about Web 2.0. I was wearing my “principal hat” for the show so didn’t mention Anseo.net but spoke about how my school uses blogging and how we hope to begin to explore cloud computing, videocasting, poscasting and social networking.
The other guests on the show were Joe Molloy, an expert on podcasting and blogging and Clifford Brown, who works in the Digital Hub and is also an expert on Web 2.0 applications. It’s well worth listening to any of the podcasts on the Teachnet blog – they try to get a mix of primary and post-primary contributors.
Podcast Show Notes: Access Undone Ep 1
If you were to walk into any primary school and compared it to the classroom you might have sat in only a generation ago, apart